A total of eight prestigious prep schools from around the Northeast and Canada will be on hand this weekend as Lawrenceville prepares to host the 70th annual hockey invitational at Loucks Ice Center.

Four states will be represented as Belmont Hill of Massachusetts, Canterbury School of Connecticut, Choate Rosemary Hall of Connecticut, Lawrenceville from New Jersey, Nichols School from Western New York, Northfield Mount Hermon of Massachusetts and Taft School from Connecticut, will join Upper Canada College High School from Toronto, Ontario to complete the eight-team round-robin tournament field.

The teams will play a total of 16 games over the course of three days at The Lawrenceville School. The championship is set for Sunday, December 17 at 2:15 p.m.

The first tournament took place in 1949, replacing the Northwood School Tournament which was held for several years at Lake Placid, N.Y. The first participants were Andover, Choate Rosemary Hall, Exeter, Lawrenceville, The Hill School, Nichols, Northwood and Peddie. Nichols defeated Exeter, 3-2, the inaugural season.

The tournament was started by friends of Princeton Hockey and Lawrenceville graduate Carl Erdman.

Sunday, December 17

Built in 1810, notable athletes from The Lawrenceville School include Bobby Sanguinetti (N.Y. Rangers), Misha Song (N.Y. Islanders) and Joakim Noah (N.Y. Knicks).

Stay tuned for a full recap of the tournament including live coverage of the championship bout set for 2:15 p.m. at Loucks Ice Center in Lawrenceville.

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